For the quarter ended July 2025, Nordson (NDSN) reported revenue of $741.51 million, up 12.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.73, compared to $2.41 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $721 million, representing a surprise of +2.85%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +3.8%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.63.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Nordson performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Industrial Precision Solutions: $350.78 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $337.46 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -5.3%.
- Net Sales- Advanced Technology Solutions: $171.26 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $164.46 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +37.8%.
- Net Sales- Medical and Fluid Solutions: $219.47 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $214.82 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +31.6%.
- Operating profit (loss)- Advanced Technology Solutions: $36.88 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $38.05 million.
- Operating profit (loss)- Medical and Fluid Solutions: $52.5 million versus $60.76 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Operating profit (loss)- Industrial Precision Solutions: $116.72 million compared to the $112.06 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating profit (loss)- Corporate: $-18.33 million versus $-17.27 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Nordson have returned -0.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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